Hingham football runs over Medway

Thursday

Sep 13, 2012 at 12:01 AMSep 13, 2012 at 1:17 PM

Hingham football coach Paul Killinger goes by the philosophy that the biggest improvement for a team is from the first week to the second week.

Hingham will have a lot of good things to build off of after the first week of the season. They rode the running of junior running back Sam Benger for over over 200 yards and four touchdowns in their opening 33-6 win over Medway.

Mark Ducharme

Hingham football coach Paul Killinger goes by the philosophy that the biggest improvement for a team is from the first week to the second week.

Hingham will have a lot of good things to build off of after the first week of the season. They rode the running of junior running back Sam Benger for over over 200 yards and four touchdowns in their opening 33-6 win over Medway.

The Harbormen will attempt to improve their game on Friday night with another non-league game at Cohasset at 7:30 p.m.

The Skippers had to go into overtime to pull out a 28-22 win over Quincy.

“Cohasset will be tough,” said Killinger. “They are a well coached team. We had a typical first game. There were some good plays and some situations that we have to clean up.”

Last season, Hingham edged Cohasset 14-10.

There were plenty of positives for the Harbormen to build on in the game.

“We held up in the heat and humidity,” said Killinger. “We didn’t cramp up until after the game. I was happy with the results. Sam Benger had a heck of a game, Ricky Sullivan ran well, Woodie (Tim Wood) had a good game and our offensive line had a very good game.

“John O’Connell had a good game on defense. I thought our defense came through when they had to. We gave up some big plays in the game.”

Benger scored four of the five Hingham touchdowns in the game. He had scoring runs of 20, 17, and 12 in the first three quarters that put Hingham up 25-0. His final touchdown was the most exciting of the night as he raced 90 yards for the score.

Sullivan had the other Hingham touchdown on 23-yard scoring run as the Harbormen built a 13-0 halftime lead.

The Harbormen offensive line of Hunter Brown, Jack McCourt, captain Matt Doyle, Russell MacElihiney, Pat Barrett and tightend John Fisher provided the Harbormen ground game with a lane to roll through.

The defense came up with three turnovers including a fumble recovery inside their five in the first quarter.

There are some things for the Harbormen to build on, but the first week is in the books and Hingham started off on the right foot.

“We were sloppy at times,” said Killinger. “But I was happy with the results.”